Published December 31, 2018 | Version v1
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Microlithosia Daniel 1954

Description

Key to the species of the genus Microlithosia in Laos based on the male genitalia

1 Distal saccular processes asymmetrically branched; aedeagus with field of short spines.............................. 2

- Distal saccular processes symmetrically branched; aedeagus with a bundle of slender spines and field of short spines............................................................................................... M. laosana n. sp.

2 Apex of valvae strongly angled; left distal saccular process with three short, asymmetric divaricates processes..................................................................................................... M. umbripuncta

- Apex of valvae roundly angled; left distal saccular process with three short, symmetric divaricates processes... M. nanlingica

Notes

Published as part of Bayarsaikhan, Ulziijargal, Lee, Dong-June & Bae, Yang-Seop, 2018, Genus Microlithosia (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae) in Laos, with the description of a new species, pp. 502-508 in Zootaxa 4420 (4) on page 503, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4420.4.3, http://zenodo.org/record/1455403

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Biodiversity

Family
Arctiidae
Genus
Microlithosia
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Lepidoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Daniel
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Microlithosia Daniel, 1954 sec. Bayarsaikhan, Lee & Bae, 2018